"Success Story"

I watched "Success Story" a couple days ago.  I've been thinking about the Beatles' movie A Hard Day's Night quite a bit recently, so I may be making too much of this, but I think the film's influence on The Monkees could be evident in that it's Davy's grandfather who's one of the main characters in this episode, just as Paul's grandfather is one of the main characters in the Beatles' movie.

This may have been noted before, but it also occurred to me that the ending credits of The Monkees use the same style as those of A Hard Day's Night; both show a sequence of still photos of the band members in various poses and with various expressions.